IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 9394 OF 2021 Balakrishnan Mudaliar .. Petitioner Vs.

Union of India & Ors. .. Respondents ...

Mr. Sangram Chinnappa i/by Mr. Kranti L.C. a/w Mr. Kaustubh Gidh, Advocates for the Petitioner.

Mr. Ashutosh Mishra, Ms. Aparna Rajeshwari S. i/by Ms. Nita Masurkar, Mr. P. Khosla, Advocates for the Respondent Nos.1 to 3.

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CORAM : SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ &

GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.

DATE : 23^rd SEPTEMBER 2025.

P.C. :

Aggrieved by the order dated 9^th March 2021 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai Bench (in short, the Tribunal), in Original Application No. 210/280 of 2020 by which the prayers seeking pension and other retiral benefits with interest were declined, this writ petition has been filed by Mr. Balakrishnan Mudaliar who was employed as a driver in the office of the Commissioner, CGST & Central Excise, Thane.

2. Before the Tribunal, the following prayers were made by the petitioner in Original Application No.210/280 of 2020: -

“a) This Hon’ble Tribunal may be pleased to direct the Respondents to release the pension and other retirement dues accrued to the Applicant along with appropriate int